ricochet around the arena. Their
main weakness appears to be that
if you can get them stopped in a
corner, they cannot easily get spun
back up and escape. No doubt their
builders are working on a solution to
these issues just as their rivals are
looking for a solution to this new
threat.

The 30 lb Sportsman class grew
again this year with new entries,
most notably, the crusher “
Lock-Jaw.” It is seen here biting into
“Upheaval” (Figure 3) to pierce his
compressed gas supply line and
forcing the Flipper to tap out.

The 30 lb Featherweights
fought double round robin, and
again full body spinner “Steel
Shadow” showed promise but
lacked the stability to make good
use of its heavy shell. Drum spinner
“Higgins” took advantage of this to
win their fight (Figure 4).

Fights continued all day
(without a break for lunch!) and
even past the original end time for a
tiring but exciting day for all
involved. NERC’s next big event is
Motorama in February 2011. SV